Monday, 31 October 2011

Seeka's Makaha ride report continued

Here's the latest from artist and surfboard builder 'Seeka', who built himself a beautiful modified 'Makaha' singlefin .

http://olosurfer-woodensurfboardsatpipeline.blogspot.com/2011/02/seekas-new-10-pintail.html



"Last week i went for a surf and finally got to tackle some doh smoothness. i had a stack of waves(as one does on a hollow timber surfcraft) and had just made the mammoth paddle back out to see the next set approach. by now i was fairly stuffed but this set looked like the biggest so far. so i dug deep and made a beeline for the horizon. the first wave peaked up and started to peel & i was just in the right spot to take off. however, due to my exhaustion and close proximity to the set wave i buried the tail and did a quick swing around. by now the wave was on me and i had no forward momentum. the wave picked me up and i attempted a few paddles but still didn't have enough speed for a take off. by now i was at the top and on a one way trip over the falls. then i got that weightless feeling so seeing as i was commited to a beating i may as well make the most of it, i jumped to a crouched position on the very nose of the 10ftr, grabbed both rails and stayed low...fdid the full on elevator drop of about 12 feet, slightly leaned to the left and put my faith in the log...it stayed true and took off around the bottom of the wash at which point i stood up and back to the sweetspot and carried on at max velocity down the line. i have a new found respect for my board."



Monday, 10 October 2011

A pair of tubercule fins ( with thanks to the Humpbacked Whale)

A pair of paulownia tuberculed spitfire cutaway fins, made from a 6 layer multi directional lamination. One is for the new Future Primitive 'Ghost' 11 footer, the other will fit a fin box installed on a Duke 9'3" called 'The Duchess' because it's been built by Sandy who is a member of the fairer sex..









Sunday, 2 October 2011

Baron surfboard by Roy Stuart featured in Gafencu Men

"Fashioned using a flexible, hollow torsion-box assembly, the result has a distinctly low thickness-to-length ratio, ensuring an exceptional ride set low to the water."

http://www.igafencu.com/gm/content_en.php?pid=1187&is=43&cat=13



Earl 10'6" ride report

Heading to the beach at Mount Maunganui's Main Beach after testing the tubercule finned Earl 10'6". The verdict on both the fin and the board: 10/10. The leading edge tubercules on the spitfire feel fantastic. The difference is somewhat analagous to paddling with the fingers together compared with having them apart...with the tuberculed leading edge ( i.e fingers apart) there's greatly improved control response, less drag and higher lift.

Dimensions:
Length 10'6"
Width 27"
Thickness 2.75"
Volume 100 litres ( approx)
Weight 28 pounds
Lower rail radius 1" circular
Upper rail radius 1.75" elliptical or 'pinched'
Bottom mild concave
Rocker circular arc
Fin 11 inch cutaway spitfire with leading edge tubercules

We got some nice HD video clips with the 600D as there were some speedy sections to race, I've previewed them on the camera but we are waiting for a new computer to arrive via my son in order to deal with the large HD files. The camera battery ran out just at the end of the second session so Emma took a few stills shots just as I was coming in with the EOS1000.




More Earl:

http://olosurfer-woodensurfboardsatpipeline.blogspot.com/2011/03/earl-106-hws-pintail-singlefin-resin.html

http://olosurfer-woodensurfboardsatpipeline.blogspot.com/2011/07/earl-106.html

http://olosurfer-woodensurfboardsatpipeline.blogspot.com/2011/07/roy-stuart-surfboards-earl-empress-wood.html